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<#LINE#>Effects of Urea, DAP, Potash and their mixture on seed germination and seedling growth of Maize (Zea mays) <#LINE#>P.S. @Chauhan,Suman @Bisht,Manmeet @Singh <#LINE#>1-4<#LINE#>1.ISCA-RJAFS-2017-001.pdf<#LINE#>Tree Biology Laboratory, Department of Botany, HNBGU Campus Badsahithaul Tehri, Tehri Garhwal (UK)-249199, India@Tree Biology Laboratory, Department of Botany, HNBGU Campus Badsahithaul Tehri, Tehri Garhwal (UK)-249199, India@Tree Biology Laboratory, Department of Botany, HNBGU Campus Badsahithaul Tehri, Tehri Garhwal (UK)-249199, India<#LINE#>2/1/2017<#LINE#>1/2/2017<#LINE#>Maize is an important cereal crop of the world. In term of area under cultivation and production, it ranks only next to wheat and rice. The maize seeds were selected for present investigation to assess the effects of different chemical fertilizer on seed germination and seedling growth. Seeds were treated with applied chemical fertilizer i.e. urea, potash, DAP and their mixture at 3% and 5% level and different parameters have been observed. Urea and potash found more effective for different parameters at 3% level while at 5% level most of treatment caused various growth inhibitions. Reductions in germination percentage and seedling growth were some of the most conspicuous effects.<#LINE#>FAO (2003).@Fertilizer and the future IFA / FAO Agriculture conference on Global Food Security and role of sustainability.@Fertilization Rome, Italy, 1-2.@No$Beeson K.C. (1946).@The effect of mineral supply on the mineral concentration and nutritional quality of plants.@The botanical review, 12(7), 424- 455.@Yes$Iken J.E. and Amusa N.A. (2004).@Maize Research and production in Nigeria.@African Journal of Biotechnology, 3(6), 302-307.@Yes$Akintola S.O. (1997).@Maize production constrains and improvement in Nigeria.@The maize association in Nigeria, Ibadan, 3, 223-232.@No$Agbato S.O. (2003).@Principles and practices of crop production.@Odumatt Press Publisher, Oyo, 12, 57-62.@Yes$Xiao Hong, Zhou Qixing and Lena M.Q. (2005).@Joint effects of acetochlor and urea on germinating characteristics of crop seeds.@Life Science, 48(1), 1-6.@Yes$Butorac A, Mesic M., Filipan T., Butorac J., Basic J. and Kisic I. (2005).@The influence of special natural amendments based on zeolite tuff and different lime materials on some soil chemical properties.@Rostlinna Vyroba, 48(3), 133-139.@Yes$Sharma B.M. and Yadav J.P.S. (1997).@Availability of phosphorus to grain as influenced by phosphestic fertilization and irrigation.@Indian J. Agric. Sci., 46(4), 205-210.@Yes$Ali M.R., Costa D.J., Abedin M.J., Sayed M.A. and Basak N.C. (2009).@Effect of fertilizers and variety on the yield of sweet potato.@Bangladesh J. Agri. Res., 34(3), 473-480.@Yes$Attarde S.B., Narkhede S.D., Patil R.P. and Ingle S.T. (2012).@Effect of organic and inorganic fertilizers on growth and nutrient content of Abelmoschus esculantus (Okra crop).@Internat. J. Curr. Res., 4(10), 137-140.@Yes$Hooda R.S., Pandita M.L. and Sidhu A.S. (1980).@Studies on the effect of nitrogen and phosphorus on growth and green pod yield of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L).@Haryana J. Hort. Sci., 9(3-4), 180-183.@Yes$Ansari A.A. and Ismail S.A. (2001).@A case study of organic farming in Uttar Pradesh.@J. Soil Bio. Ecol., 27, 25-27.@Yes
<#LINE#>Flora and vegetation in a special protected area of Mount Taygetos, Southern Greece<#LINE#>Alexandra D. @Solomou,George @Tsipas <#LINE#>5-13<#LINE#>2.ISCA-RJAFS-2017-005.pdf<#LINE#>Hellenic Agricultural Organization \"DEMETER\", Institute of Mediterranean Forest, Ecosystems, N. Chlorou, Ilisia, 11528, Athens, Greece@Technological Education Institute Department of Forestry & N.E.M, 36100, Karpenisi, Greece<#LINE#>30/11/2016<#LINE#>27/1/2017<#LINE#>Greece is characterized by special rich flora and fauna. Flora and vegetation between Natural and Forest ecosystems (burned and unburned areas) in the Special Protected Area, of Mount Taygetos, Southern Greece were investigated. The most frequently occurring plants were Helictochloa agropyroides and Galium peloponnesiacum in the herbaceous plants of Natural ecosystem-Burned areas and Natural ecosystem-Unburned areas. The most frequently occurring woody species was Cistus creticus in Natural ecosystem-Burned areas and Natural ecosystem-Unburned areas. Also, the most frequently occurring herbaceous and woody plants Bromus sp. and Cistus creticus, respectively, in Forest-Burned areas. Moreover, the herbaceous plant and woody plant species that occurred most frequently were Daucus carota and Sesleria taygetea   and Cistus creticus in Forest-Unburned areas. Moreover, the data revealed significantly higher alpha herbaceous plant diversity in Forests-Unburned areas, Natural Ecosystems-Unburned areas, Forests-Burned areas than in Natural Ecosystems-Burned areas. Furthermore, Natural Ecosystems-Unburned areas and Forests-Unburned areas exhibited the highest values of alpha woody plant diversity followed by Forests-Burned areas, whereas the Natural Ecosystems-Burned areas had the lowest values. Conclusively, Mount Taygetos is a purely Mediterranean mountain, in view of its general physiognomy, climate, soil and mainly the biogeographical significance of its rich flora.<#LINE#>Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climatic Change (2014).@Greek Strategy for the Biodiversity.@1-89.@No$Strid A. and Tan K. (1997).@2002.@Flora Hellenica, Patra.@Yes$Legakis A. and Maragou P. (2009).@The Red Data Book of Threatened Animal of Greece.@Hellenic Zoological Society, Athens, 528.@Yes$Biosfaira (2011).@Ecological mapping Terms of Taygetos for Biodiversity Conservation.@Athens, 1-446.@No$Dafis S. (1973).@Classification of forest vegetation of Greece.@Scientific Annals of the Department of Forestry and Natural Environment, 15, 57-91.@Yes$WWF (2007).@Ecological assessment of the wildfires of August 2007 in the Peloponnese, Greece.@Athens, Greece, 1-34.@No$Theodorakakis M.C. (1995).@Structure, dynamics and management of island olive groves.@Doctoral thesis, Department of Environmental Studies, University of the Aegean, Mytilene, Greece (in Greek).@Yes$Koutsidou E. (1995).@Natural regeneration of degrading Mediterranean ecosystems as a result of the prohibition of grazing pressure—The case of Chios island.@Doctoral thesis, Department of Environmental Studies, University of the Aegean, Mytilene, Greece (in Greek).@Yes$IBM SPSS Statistics (2010).@Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (IBM SPSS Statistics) for Windows, release 19.0.0.1.@Chicago: IBM SPSS Statistics.@Yes$Solow A.R. (1993).@A simple test for change in community structure.@Journal of Animal Ecology, 62(1), 191-193.@Yes$Henderson P.A. and Seaby R.M.H. (1998).@Species Diversity and Richness v4.0.@Pisces Conservation Ltd., Pennington, Lymington.@Yes$Payette S. (1992).@Fire as a controlling process in the North American boreal forest.@A systems analysis of the global boreal forest, 144-169.@Yes$Nowak S., Kershaw G.P. and Kershaw L.J. (2002).@Plant Diversity and Cover after Wildfire on Anthropogenically Disturbed and Undisturbed Sites in Subarctic Upland Picea mariana Forest.@Arctic, 55(3), 269–280.@Yes$Collins S.L. (1987).@Interaction of disturbances in tallgrass prairie: A field experiment.@Ecology, 68(5), 1243-1250.@Yes